Crumpton is a music, pop culture, and politics writer from Dallas. A woman sits behind a ring light and takes pictures of herself. A woman sits behind a ring light and takes pictures of herself.Niklas ...

When Edsger W. Dijkstra published his algorithm in 1959, computer networks were barely a thing. The algorithm in question found the shortest path between any two nodes on a graph, with a variant ...

In 2025, success in the markets depends on how intelligently you use technology. From retail traders to institutional investors, everyone is turning to bot trading — a system where trades are executed ...

When I first entered the payments space nearly two decades ago, reconciliation was seen as a manual slog filled with pain points. Back then, teams spent countless hours buried in spreadsheets, trying ...

An impending ban on TikTok was averted Monday after officials from both countries reached a “framework” of a deal that would allow the popular social media app to continue operating in the U.S. Trump, ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling ...

A rumor that circulated online in July 2025 claimed former U.S. President Barack Obama "logged into" the West Wing of the White House as "Joe Time" on 310 days in 2024. The mention of "Joe Time" ...

If there is one thing New Yorkers can agree on, it’s that “the rent is too damn high.” There are, of course, a number of factors contributing to skyrocketing rents in New York City: a lack of ...

Picture an AI absorbing your late-night confession—unwavering, precise, attuned to every tremor in your voice. A year ago, I described artificial empathy as a "cold, polished surface reflecting our ...

Traffic… ugh! Depending on where you live, it’s unavoidable. The slow-moving gridlock of vehicles can be experienced while driving in town, on interstates and on ...